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Here Are Some of the Hundreds of Animals That Start With the Letter "K"
From apes to zebras, there's probably dozens of animals that readily pop into your mind. But, have you ever tried to see how ...
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Why scientists are counting tiny marine creatures, from Space
Scientists say subtle differences in the colour of seawater will enable them to count tiny - but critically important - Antarctic marine creatures, from Space. The target of the new research effort is ...
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The scariest deep sea animals in the ocean
Sure, they look scary, but those 50 rows of teeth are for filtering krill. The Japanese ... This thrilling deep-sea fish was voted the world's ugliest animal by the Ugly Animal Preservation ...
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How satellites track Antarctic krill: Are these tiny ocean shrimp in danger?
Scientists track Antarctic krill via satellite to monitor ocean health amid climate change and fishing threats.
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How scientists are counting tiny critically important sea creatures from space
There are so many of them that the krill living in just Antarctica rival animals like humans and cows for the single ... playing a critical role in drawing down carbon from the ocean surface. ‘With ...
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Scientists Unite to Count Tiny Krill from Space – to Inform Climate and Fishing Policies
It will use changes in the degree of red coloration detected by satellites to track its quarry: a tiny shrimp smaller than ...
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Rising sea temperature will reduce krill growth habitat in Antarctica
Krill are known to be sensitive to sea temperature, especially in the areas ... The island is home to a range of animals such as fur seals and Macaroni penguins that depend upon krill, and others ...
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Krill vertical migration may have smaller impact on carbon export than previously thought
"There's estimated to be about 300 million [metric] tons of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, which is the greatest biomass of a single wild animal species globally," Dr. Smith said.
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Feeding and overwintering of Antarctic krill across its major habitats: The role of sea ice cover, water depth, and phytoplankton abundance
Limnology and Oceanography, Vol. 59, No. 1 (2014), pp. 17-36 (20 pages) Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) were sampled in contrasting habitats: a seasonally ice-covered deep ocean (Lazarev Sea), ice ...
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Seabed foraging by Antarctic krill: Implications for stock assessment, bentho-pelagic coupling, and the vertical transfer of iron
2004. Biomass of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea in January/ February 2000 and its use in revising an estimate of precautionary yield. Deep-Sea Res. II 51: 1215–1236. HUNTLEY, M. E., AND M. ZHOU.
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Six animals you didn't know are at risk
Despite their size, whale sharks are mostly harmless, as their diet is mainly made up of krill ... animal on earth, so they can stay warm when they’re being cute underwater like this. Sea ...
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UK scientists plan to monitor krill from space as species threatened by warming
With sea ice declining and industrial fishing growing, we urgently need to better manage the fishery and protect krill habitats within a network of marine protected areas. ‘Krill from Space ...